Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Badminton News
At $120K SCG Thailand Open 2012, Bangkok

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,202) bt Marius Myhre (NOR,253) 14-21 21-12 21-7
[R1] (12) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) bt Sukamta Evert (INA,137) 21-11 21-12
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,71) bt Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo (INA,144) 15-21 25-23 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,61) l (9) Brice Leverdez (FRA,36) 21-15 18-21 19-21
[R1] (14) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) l Soon Huat Goh (MAS,100) 21-18 14-21 13-21
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,128) bt (11) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,41) 21-10 22-20

[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,202) l (1) Dan Lin (CHN,2) 11-21 13-21
[R2] (12) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) bt Pakkawat Vilailak (THA,165) 15-21 21-17 21-15
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,71) bt (9) Brice Leverdez (FRA,36) 21-13 21-15
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,128) bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (MAS,178) 21-12 21-17
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Nichaon Jindapon (THA,53) 21-13 16-21 21-15
[R1] (4) Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) bt Mi Jin Jung (KOR,195) 21-9 15-21 21-14

[R3] (12) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) vs (7) Alamsyah Yunus (INA,29)
[R3] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,71) vs Choong Hann Wong (MAS,131)
[R3] Sameer Verma (IND,128) vs Teck Zhi Soo (MAS,241)
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Li Han (CHN,39)
[R2] (4) Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) vs Lin Wang (CHN,106)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (6) Ricky Karanda Suwardi (INA)/ Muhammad Ulinnuha (INA)
[R1] Sanjeeth S. (IND)/ Jagadish Yadav (IND) vs (Q) Calvin Jia Hong Ong (MAS)/ Wee Gleen Tan (MAS)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs (1) Xia Huan (CHN)/ Jinhua Tang (CHN)
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs Amelia Alicia Anscelly (MAS)/ Fie Cho Soong (MAS)
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Jian Guo Ong (MAS)/ Yin Loo Lim (MAS) 14-21 13-21

Good upset straight games win by Sameer in the first round over experienced top-50 Thai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk but surprising loss of Guru against lowly ranked Malaysian.

Surprised to see Saina losing a game against Thai Nichaon Jindapon ... Sindhu also needed three games against lowly ranked Korean ... Sai Praneeth scored upset win over top-40 Frenchman in the straight games ... Sourabh needed comeback after losing the first game against lowly ranked Thai plyer ... Sameer scored comfortable win ... Srikanth gave decent performance against Dan Lin.

In next round Saina and Sindhu r having Chinese test ... Saina is facing #39 ranked Li Han and Sindhu is having bigger test as she is facing former WR #1 Lin Wang, who is making comeback after long break ... Sameer and Sai r having winnable matches but Sourabh is facing local top-30 player.

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